Recycling is a habit easily established

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Dec 28, 2010 at 2:00 AM

Recycling is based on very sound benefits for today and for future generations. These include the reduction of environmental damage, savings in energy usage and savings in the use of natural resources, as well as reductions in the cost of municipal trash disposal.

Recycling is based on very sound benefits for today and for future generations. These include the reduction of environmental damage, savings in energy usage and savings in the use of natural resources, as well as reductions in the cost of municipal trash disposal.

Tossing out the trash is both a required and habitual activity. The overwhelming majority of residents in Mashpee and in most other municipalities choose to dispose of their trash and not separate out recyclable materials. Changing a particular habit takes some effort. A simple modification in one's trash disposal habit can be accomplished easily.

If you don't recycle, here is how you start. Use a paper shopping bag you can get at supermarkets (no cost). Place newspapers, magazines, catalogs, junk mail, old telephone directories and glass bottles in the bag. Deposit the paper bag with recyclable materials in the appropriate recyclable container, whether it be at a transfer station, curbside container or condominium Dumpster. Once you establish the positive habit of recycling these materials you can add many more items. If you do this, the amount of recycling will increase substantially.

Try it, you'll like it. Support the recycling effort.

Sheldon Gilbert

Member, Mashpee Recycling Committee

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